May well be all covered but its worth double checking.

I have a note that's has been on my whiteboard in the garage for 18 months that say's 16.5" shock! Why? even a 14" does 6" travel with the 1.36 ratio. I have a few sketches and thoughts to reduce the leverage ratio, bring the required spring poundages down, give the dampers and easier life and also reduce the travel - 3 droop and 2+1(bump stop) I do not want to limit droop and loose travel in roll - which is where a rear ARB may also help in this situation.

Lots of articulation may have been the aim to give better performance when yumping through a forest but I have no idea if that was the actual aim of the DWB rear. But I do like that the Prototype had it first

Is the engine a little high at the gearbox end or is that just the photo angle.